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Friday, May 24, 2013

DanceAfrica's Diaspora: A Guide

By Robert Wood; Illustrations by Nathan Gelgud

It's tough to overstate the feeling of unity that attending a DanceAfrica performance can inspire. This is not a time for cynicism, the Memorial Day weekend celebration seems to say; it's a time for feeling the common ancestor in your drum-and-dance-rattled bones. Even so, we couldn't help but note one fact related to this year's festival that's based around differences: the sheer number of countries involved. Below, enjoy this breakdown of DanceAfrica by country—11 in all.